"There are countless islands in the Fjords, and no one has ever been to the border of these islands," said a tall man with a rough and bold face. "The further east you go, the more unpredictable the climate becomes, and the same is true for the islands. I really don't know how strange they will be in the end. "
"Even you haven't been there?" Tilly asked curiously, "They say that you are the most outstanding explorer in the Fjords, and besides you, there are almost no one who dares to cross the Burning Island and continue eastward."
"Ha ha ha," he laughed heartily, "This is just an exaggerated praise. In fact, every year there are brave Fjords people who explore the East, but it is very difficult to find anything new. The violent hurricanes and the sudden appearance of the fog will make it difficult for the ships to move. "
He is Thunder, thought Ashes, the first explorer to discover the Shadow Islands, but since two years ago he had been lost in a shipwreck, many people thought that he had met with misfortune. Unexpectedly, he appeared on Sleeping Island, and also reached an agreement with the 5th Princess. He would open up new routes for Sleeping Island, draw up sea maps and look for more new ruins, while Tilly would send witches to assist him in his exploration. As for the two years he had been missing, she had never heard him mention it, and Tilly had also kept her mouth shut about it, but she always felt that His Highness knew the inside story, otherwise the two would not have such a tacit understanding. This caused Ashes to feel slightly unhappy in her heart.
"Like yesterday's hurricane?"
"Yes, it came in the blink of an eye and disappeared in a flash," Thunder shook his pipe, sprinkled the ashes into the sea, then filled it with grass and lit it, "If it wasn't for that magical witch …"
"Her name is Molly," Ashes reminded him stiffly.
"Ah, yes, look at my memory," Thunder didn't care at all, touched the back of his head and laughed, "If it wasn't for Molly, I'm afraid the ship would have been turned upside down. Her ability is simply amazing, I often think that maybe witches are the most suitable explorers. "
"You already have one, don't you?" Tilly smiled. "... The witch who inherited the title of the most outstanding explorer."
"Hmm …" Thunder took a deep drag on his pipe and exhaled a long stream of smoke. "I hope so."
Ashes frowned. She couldn't understand what the two of them were talking about. She left the bow and walked to the stern to calm herself down. Her Royal Highness the 5th Princess seemed to be very eager to explore the ruins. After cleaning the Fjords Church, she immediately prepared to go to the sea. What surprised her was that His Highness wanted to go in person, and no matter how she tried to dissuade him, it was useless.
Molly was sitting at the stern of the ship. The magic servant controlling her was holding a fishing rod and learning how to fish from the sailors. Although the sailors were still somewhat resistant to witches when they first boarded the ship, but after yesterday's hurricane, everyone's attitude had undergone a tremendous change. Molly had summoned a magic servant to rapidly expand, wrapping the middle part of the ship inside its body. Regardless of whether it was a gale or a rainstorm, nothing was able to invade it. Although the ship bobbed up and down in the waves, the hull of the ship remained stable. Nowadays, every sailor regarded witches as the God of Luck, and some even said that without a witch accompanying them, they wouldn't dare to go out to sea.
"Sister Ashes, look at the big fish I caught!" Molly pointed to the bucket behind her. Inside it lay a scaleless fish with a sharp mouth. It was completely different from the river fish she had seen in Graycastle.
"What is this?"
"Swordfish, it likes to follow the ship. Sometimes its sharp mouth will break through the bottom of the ship," the sailor replied. "But it tastes very delicious, especially the belly meat. When placed in the mouth, it is like melting ice." He smacked his lips. "In the evening, everyone can enjoy the delicious boiled swordfish."
"I seem to have caught another fish!" Molly exclaimed in surprise.
She saw a shadow appear in the green water, and as the magic servant pulled the rod, it became bigger and bigger. Soon, it would come to the surface.
"This... this is," the sailor was stunned. "No, quickly throw away the fishing rod!"
Before his voice died away, a strange creature had already jumped out of the water, opened its big mouth and directly bit Molly.
Seeing that it was about to swallow its target whole, Ashes's speed was faster than it. She picked up the little girl with her left hand, and with her right hand, she swung the giant sword and directly hit the head of the attacker.
The monster let out a painful cry and was smashed down from the air. Its six feet quickly moved, trying to escape back into the water, but Ashes didn't give it the chance. She put down Molly, held the sword with both hands, and plunged down, directly nailing the monster to the deck.
It twitched for a moment, spitting out a string of white bubbles from its mouth, and soon stopped moving.
"What is this?" At this moment, Ashes finally had the opportunity to carefully look at the monster in front of her. It somewhat looked like a fish, but it also had the short legs of a crab. When it opened its mouth, it was round, almost as big as its body, and was filled with densely packed teeth. The most disgusting thing was that on both sides of its mouth, there was a pair of hairy arms, the ends of which were divided into five fingers, looking like a human hand.
"A mutated Sea Ghost!" The startled sailor patted his chest, "They often disguise themselves as fish, bite fishermen, and drag them into the water. And I heard that only Sea Ghosts that have eaten humans will grow hands!"
"The latter part is just a rumor," someone behind her said. Ashes turned around and found that Thunder and Tilly had come over.
"Mr. Captain!" The sailor stuck out his tongue and immediately stepped aside.
"The more sensational the rumor, the more inaccurate it is." Thunder stepped forward and kicked the monster on the ground. "In fact, it has a name that you may be more familiar with."
"What?" Ashes asked.
"Demonic beast," he said word by word.
"Sir Thunder, the fog is rising!" The lookout suddenly shouted.
"Everyone, keep your spirits up!" Thunder ordered loudly, "Lower the sails, we are sailing into the Shadow Sea!"
Ashes noticed that the previously clear sky suddenly became gloomy, and the green sea turned dark green, as if there was a mass of ink spreading under the water. Soon, the hull was surrounded by a thick fog, and she couldn't even see the figure on the bow from the stern.
"What's going on?" Tilly couldn't help but grab Ashes's arm.
"It proves that we are not going in the wrong direction," Thunder smiled, "When the Shadow Islands emerge from the sea, there will be a thick fog rising in the sea. Of course, the correct way to say it is that the sea is ebbing, and the range is about ten feet. Such a huge drop will produce a lot of water vapor, plus there are reefs everywhere, so if we are not careful, we will hit the reef and sink. I need your witches to help prevent the ship from being wrecked. "
The group of people came to the bow, and just like when they were fighting against a storm, Molly let the magic servant wrap the bow and tried to expand its body. Part of its body sank into the water, so that even if there were reefs on the bow, the servant would be the first to feel it.
"If there are no witches, what are you going to do?" Ashes asked.
"Then we can only rely on patience and luck," Thunder sighed, "The fleet will send a small boat to explore the road ahead, and after confirming that the road is clear, the big boat will follow. But the sea in this area is not calm, just like the demonic beasts you saw before, the closer we get to the Shadow Islands, the more numerous they become. Fog, reefs, monsters … This is the reason why so many explorers go here, but only a few can find the entrance to the ruins. "
After sailing for about an hour, the fog gradually dissipated, and Ashes saw that there were more and more islands around them, but there were few plants on them, only green moss or algae, and there were also many crustaceans climbing on them. "Are these islands submerged in the water?"
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